“Could change be afoot? Hamas’s internal grip on Gaza is threatened by rising economic discontent. The Trump administration will soon unveil a peace plan built on economic incentives for the Palestinian people. The movement’s rhetoric is unbending, but do the Palestinian people long for new ideas?”

“That is the sound of One Day in Gaza, the title of tonight’s BBC2 film about the bloodiest day of demonstrations on the border with Israel, contains not only footage of the violence, but interviews with those behind it.”

“What were Hamas and Islamic Jihad doing getting involved in what was supposed to be a grass-roots movement?”

thisafternoon (monday 6th), 1.05-1.06pm, and 1.26-1.30pm (partly repeated 6.18pm on six o’clock news and 12.18am on midnight news), on bbc radio 4

world at one (presented by edward stourton) includes …

“A ceasefire seems to be holding between Israel and militants in Gaza after the fiercest clashes between the two sides in years. Several days of fighting killed four Israeli civilians and at least 25 Palestinians.”

“Israel has said it will maintain its barrage of airstrikes on the Gaza strip, in response to hundreds of rockets fired by Palestinian militants. Four Israelis have died. Officials in Gaza say 23 Palestinians have been killed since Friday, including a Palestinian commander.”